"'A time of great strife is approaching,' Lolth explained. 'A time when the gods will pay for their foolishness.'" Prologue, pg. 3.

"To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope." Part One -Rumbles of Discord, pg. 9

"We'll teach him that asking for something he cannot have will make him less the leader." Part One: Rumbles of Discord - Chapter One, pg. 19.

"Half of everything Jarlaxle did was a bluff, but half of it was devious and ultimately deadly." Part One: Rumbles of Discord - Chapter One, pg. 22

"It was no secret in Menzoberranzan that Gromph was not the most devout of Lolth's followers, no secret that the creation of the magnificent illusion had spared him his mother's unmerciful wrath." Part One: Rumbles of Discord - Chapter Four, pg. 47

"The great weakness in Menzoberranzan was not the rivalry of the various Houses, Jarlaxle knew...